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To Keep Elderly On The Move, Japan Automakers Look To Robots

Japanese automakers are turning their attention to robots to help keep the country's rapidly graying society on the move and are hence looking beyond the industry trend to develop self-driving cars.   In a country whose population is ageing faster than the rest of the world as the birthrate...

AMD purchases wireless VR developer Nitero

AMD acquired a developer of wireless data transmission systems for virtual reality helmets Nitero. The deal included all intellectual property and employees of the company. It happened only six months after Valve announced significant investments in Nitero. Technological solutions of Nitero provide...

In Order To Combat Fraudsters, Experian Enlists Behavioral Biometrics Startup

To enforce and empower companies selling credit cards and other lending products online by helping them to spot fraudsters applying for such products, Credit bureau Experian Plc has joined forces with technology firm BioCatch to use behavioral biometrics for this purpose, the companies said....

Daimler and Robert Bosch to create a self-driving car

German concern Daimler AG and Robert Bosch company announced beginning of cooperation on development of a fully autonomous control system for cars. The companies expect that their system will increase safety on the roads, and also consider it as an alternative to a taxi. Daimler and Robert Bosch...

Miniature Lab Conducts Successful Experiments In The Outer Space

Shrinking a lab into the size of a tissue box that could be operated remotely and can perform experiment in micro-gravity opens new vistas before the space scientists. SpacePharma is a “Swiss-Israeli company” that reported about its “miniature lab” which found a new method for the researches to...

Germany is not afraid of digitalization

Germany and Japan, two leading powers in the field of automation of production and robotics, have established a "digital alliance". The agreement crowned visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Hannover, where he and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, opened CeBIT...

Driver-less Car Sector Shaken Up By Intel's $15 Billion Purchase Of Mobileye

In a deal that could thrust the U.S. chipmaker into direct competition with rivals Nvidia Corp and Qualcomm Inc to develop driver-less systems for global automakers, Intel Corp agreed to buy Israeli autonomous vehicle technology firm Mobileye for $15.3 billion.   At a time when Intel has...

Talk To Appliances, Or Text Them? Smart Condo Conundrum

In today's so-called smart home, simply by talking to a small Wifi-connected speaker, such as Amazon's Echo or Google's Home, you can dim the lights, order more toothpaste or tell the kids to go to bed.   Barely in existence in 2014 was the voice-first market - combining voice with...

Luxottica and Essilor will make smart glasses popular

There have been several years since Google presented its Google Glass. Now, manufacturers of glasses are attempting to create a sufficiently massive product. According to some estimates, this market can reach 55 million units by 2022. Customers and analysts are focusing on a very large player that...

As Voice Assistants Race To Cover Languages, Apple's Siri Learns Shanghainese

With Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and now Alphabet Inc's Google all offering electronic assistants to take your commands, the voice-assistant wars are in full swing with the broad release of Google Assistant last week.   Apple has squandered its lead when it comes to...
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